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Help regarding merging of files in different partitions

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kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg Original post #1
Nov 6, 2017 at 2:13 PM
Hi all, after uninstalling Mageia-6 from my laptop, I had installed openSUSE -42.3(Leap) successfully.
I have three partitions FOR LINUX, openSUSE:--->

/
/home
swap

/home consists of various documents, videos, etc. in a separate partition of HDD.
/ also contains /home, partition and under it contains the folder say X
/home in separate partition contains folder Y
When I boot openSUSE, then a single /home contains both X and Y.
MY POINT IS CAN I MERGE X AND Y TO A DIFFERENT FOLDER SAY Z
If yes, how?
Both folders and whole of system is under ext4 file system.

@Desmond David, could you guide me brother?
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #2
Nov 7, 2017 at 2:02 PM
Actually, /home residing in separate partition, consists of files created during Mageia Linux OS.
While installing openSUSE, I kept the /home partition untouched. Now a separate /home partition has been created within / partition in openSUSE.
But when I invoke /home partition, then there are two folders containing files.
One is folder X of default openSUSE and another is folder Y of /home partition of separate partition in HDD created during Mageia OS.
CAN I MERGE THE FOLDERS X AND Y INSIDE /home partition?

That was my question as given.
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #3
Nov 7, 2017 at 7:28 PM
Bump!
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #4
Nov 9, 2017 at 7:51 PM
Strange no GNU/Linux experts here at @TDF?
Theodre
Theodre #5
Feb 16, 2018 at 3:30 PM
@kg11sgbg - Looks like TDF is not as active as it used to be. especially the Open Source section. I would really like to make OpenSource section active again though.


PS: Hope the issue that you had is fixed.
kg11sgbg
kg11sgbg #6
Feb 16, 2018 at 7:10 PM
NikiNfOuR said:
@kg11sgbg - Looks like TDF is not as active as it used to be. especially the Open Source section. I would really like to make OpenSource section active again though.


PS: Hope the issue that you had is fixed.
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Issue has been fixed by copying(moving) contents of /home that has been created by Mageia onto the /home of openSUSE.
Later I deleted the contents of /home under Mageia.